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Locality Name:
Kangiara Copper Mine (Kangiara Mine), King Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 430

mindat Locality ID: 28493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28493.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kangiara Copper Mine (Kangiara Mine), King Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°36'10"S
Longitude: 148°45'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.602777777778,148.75194444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Au Bi C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Bi C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	430	430	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	430	430	1935
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	430	430	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	430	430	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	430	430	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	430	430	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	430	430	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	430	430	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	430	430	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	430	430	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	430	430	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	430	430	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00023	430	430	Silurian										S	28493	Kangiara Copper Mine (Kangiara Mine), King Co., New South Wales, Australia	Kangiara	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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